Sign



Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

2 Maureen 4 NA TI IAN,HERZOG, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

'SIGN.

Application filed April 12,

To all, w ham it may. concern Be it known-that I, NA nAn vHnazoe, a citizen of -the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of COOkand. State of Illinois, have invented a certain new, .and usefullmprovement 1n Slgns, of which,,

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to description. The inventionuhas [among other Ol0180-tS to -prov1depa..s1gn for automobile drivers and which can be placed along streets. and highways at desired more specifically pointedout in the-following description. Referring now to the drawings 7 :Fig..1is=a side elevation of one form of de- .vic e .1embodying-the invention;

' Fig.2 is aisectional viewtaken on line. 2-2 of Fig. 1; .Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 'L- s a sectional view of the post;

pens. for examplethat'these posts are run ,into by automobiles and the lower letter or lettersbroken, and hence by means of this removable construction these broken let- .1Liker-numerals refer tolilie parts through-- out the several figures.

I-ncarrying out the inventionI provide an upright post 1 whichmay be made up to carry the sign .or other indication. In the construction shown this post is made up of a. series of outer angle irons2, and a series of inner angle irons 3, these angle irons being connected by the braces 2 The post has a base 4L- which may be mounted upon a cement base 5 and attached thereto by the fastening devices 6 which pass through the flanges 7 on the post base. The base of the post may be provided with some such sign as for example the warning sign Stop, where the post is placed at intersections or other points where the warning Stop is desirable. This sign is made up of letters which may be illuminated at night. When the driver of an automobile is passing along the street or highway, his eye is on the surface ahead over which he is about to pass, and a red light at the top of a post for example is apt not to be points soas todisplay signals or signs for. the guidance of such automobile. drivers. The lIlVGntlOllllElSOtllGI-Ob]CtS. Wl11Cl1 are vmoved vand replaced.

1920. SerialNo. 373,051.

wherethe automobile hasfa top. By placthereforeto arrange; the. letters so that when .a lightisplaced back of them the red light wills how.

, The post 1 is also provided withletters which may be illuminated at night. and

which .set forth the desired information.

For purposes of illustration I have used .the avord Boulevard made up ,of a series ofletters. These letters may be placed on all sides of the post. At the top of the post I may provide a light 8, such as a red light,

will particularly'be signal is desired. V

I prefer to make the letters so that they can be easily removed and replaced so that various signs ,may be arranged for any ing thissigii Stop ..at the bottom and pro- -,vidingfmeans for showing a ,red light a at thebottom it will be. seen' that this danger signal cannot escape, his notice and it is I place'd where hiseye nust see it. I, prefer I signs for. streetsa-nd highways, and has for its obj ect; to provide a new. and .improved sign of this.

or light of any other color. The red light I used where .a danger given post, thus permitting the post to be made up in stock and the desired sign applied thereto as is required. It also hapters may be easily, quickly and cheaply re- For this purpose I prefer to arrange. the lettersupon removablepieces 9, lO and Each piece may have a single letter as the piece 9, or each piece may have a plurality of letters, as the pieces 10 and 11. These pieces may be fastened to the frame by. any suitable fastening devices. It will thus be seen that the letter holding pieces 'may be removed and letter holding pieces having other let ters may be easily and quickly placed in position, thus permitting any desired sign to be used and also permitting the sign to be changed as desired.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the edges of the plates carrying the letters'engage the angle irons 12 and are fastened thereto by the fastening devices 12.

In Fig. i I have shown a construction where the angle irons 3 have projecting ends 3 which extend beyond the ends of the angle irons 2. The letters may then fit in between the opposed edges of the angle irons 2 and may be fastened to the project ing edges 3 of the angle irons 3 by screws or other fastening devices 3.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a construction where there are cross pieces lt at suitable intervals, and these cross pieces are provid-' ed with letter receiving grooves or spaces 15 and the plates carrying the letters will then be slid in position and fastened by screws 16 to the cross pieces 14.

I prefer to provide some means for illuminating the letters at night. This may be done by placing a series of lights 17 inside of the post. Any desired number of lights may be used. I may place one back of each letter, or one for a series of letters, depending upon the result desired. These letters are arranged with glass behind them preferably opaque so that the light will shine through. As herein illustrated the base 4: which is larger than the post may be provided on the top with a series of pieces 18 of glass and one or more lights 19 may be located in this case. It will thus be seen that light will then be thrown upward from this base and I prefer to arrange the base so that this light will be red thus increasing the conspicuousness of the danger signal at the bottom of the post.

I claim:

1. A sign for streets and highways comprising a post having a hollow metal frame work and a series of letters removably fastened to said frame work and arranged so that said letters may be removed and replaced to provide the post with any desired sign, said post provided with an enlarged base, letters thereon extending across below the letters on the post, the letters on the base reading substantially at right angles to the letters on the post.

2. A sign for streets and highways comprising a post having a frame work and a series of letters removably fastened to said frame work and arranged so that said letters may be removed and replaced to pro vide the post with any desired sign, and means at the base of said post for showing a danger signal.

3. A sign for streets and highways comprising a post having a frame work and a series of letters removably fastened to said up along the post.

4. A sign for streets and highways comprising a post having a series of letters thereon, an enlarged base for said post, said base having a laterally extending glass top which projects beyond the post, an illumi nating device in said base adapted to direct light up along said post.

5. A sign for streets and highways comprising a post having a series of letters thereon, an enlarged base for said post, the post extending upwardly from a point in the middle of the base, said base provided with glass at the top; thereof surrounding said post and extending laterally with rela tion to the post, said base having letters at the side thereof reading substantially at right angles to the letters on the post, and means within the post for illuminating the letters on the post. p

6. A sign for streets and highways comprising a post having a frame work made up of a series of angle irons separated by spaces. cross braces connecting said angle irons, letter plates connected with said angle irons and extending across the spaces between them, and means for illuminating said letters so they show at night.

Signed at Chicago county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 8th day of April, 1920.

NATHAN HERZOG. 

